Backup support

The backup mechanisms and tools vary from vendor to vendor. This page details which systems UCentric supports auditing via backup for along with the supported backup formats and methods for each

Alcatel/Lucent OmniPCX

The standard tab format from an Alcatel OmniPCX appears as follows:-

Asterisk/FreePBX (and derivatives)

First of all, obtain a backup through the web portal for the Asterisk/FreePBX by selecting the top menu, then click “Admin” and select “Backup & Restore”

Select “Add Backup”

Under “Add Backup” Give the backup a name and a description.

Under “Storage” click the drop-down menu and select the file storage location you can access (create one if none are shown)

Click “Submit” in the lower right corner of the page. Doing so will return you to the “Backup & Restore” page.

Running the backup

On the “Backup” tab of the “Backup & Restore” page click the “play” icon under the “Actions” heading.

You will be presented with a scrolling log of the backup in real time. Depending on the size and complexity of your PBX this may take some time.

When your backup is complete, a blue banner stating “Your backup has finished” will briefly appear. If you happen to miss this banner look for a line stating “Finished saving to selected filestore locations” in the log.

Select “Close” on the log display

Downloading the Backup

On the “Backup & Restore” page select the “Restore” tab and click the “Download” icon in the “Actions” field of the “Restore from local cache” block.

Cisco (& Broadworks)

CUCM

The Cisco CUCM decoder utilises the “BATS backup” capability of the CUCM. To obtain and import a BATS backup, follow these steps.

Login to the Cisco Unified Administration

Login into the “Cisco Unified CM Administration” portal from a Web Browser, note: Firefox is recommended for older Cisco CUCM’s due to HTML compatibility issues on other browsers.

Creating the backup

Select the “Export” function from “Bulk Administration” in the top menu

Enter a suitable name for the backup and press “Submit”

You should see the following message appear in the status panel

Check Scheduler

Go to the Scheduler to ensure that the backup job in progress

If the job says “Hold”, activate it by ticking the checkbox and clicking on “Activate Selected”

If the job appears to get stuck on “Pending”, us the “Cisco Unified Serviceability” interface and ensure that the AXL, BPS and TAPS services are all activated (Note: this requires Admin access)

When completed, the status will change

Downloading the backup

Select “Upload/Download” files in the “Bulk Administration” menu.

Enter the prefix you entered in 2.2 and click on “Find”

Select the backup and click on “Download Selected”

Finally, save the file on your local system to use as an import to UCentric Voice Audit.

Cisco backups performed from the standard web portal for the Cisco CUCM. This generates a .tar file.

CUCM CDR Data

If you want to capture actual usage of the CUCM, you can also capture the CDR data at the same time and UCentric will process this when combined with a BATS backup.

Login to the Cisco Unified Serviceability

Login into the “Cisco Unified Serviceability” portal from a Web Browser, note: Firefox is recommended for older Cisco CUCM’s due to HTML compatibility issues on other browsers.

Then select “CDR Analysis and Reporting” from the “Tools” menu.

This will open a new window, select “Export CDR/CMR” from the “CDR” menu

Select the date range (ideally more than 3 months) and click “Export to File”

This will then display the following:-

Right-click and save both files then click on “Close”

Cisco Unity (Voicemail)

Use an account that has administrator access to the Cisco Web Interface and navigate to the Cisco Unity Connection Administration section.

On the lef-hand side tree view, locate Tools → Bulk Administration Tool

This page allows you to export the unity data, you need to select Export as your Operation. Selecting Users with Mailbox as your Object Type.

Once you have browsed and defined a filename, you can Submit to start the export process.

The CSV file that is generated can be included with a CUCM audit in order to identify users with voice mail requirements.

Cisco CME (Call Manager Express)

For call manager express you can use the CME GUI and select “Administration -> Save Router Config”

BroadWorks (Broadsoft)

Cisco Broadworks can be audited via two methods, these are:

• Using a tool called EMU if the customer has access which can then produce a (Broadsoft) JSON backup.

• A direct connection to BroadSoft using the OCI-P protocol. This relies on the customer providing the URL to the XSP server and a group admin and password for each account that requires auditing.

Avaya

Avaya CM/Aura

Avaya CM/Aura can be audited via an applet provided by MIT or via collecting exports from the Avaya System Administration tool (ASA) and importing them. Please contact in order to use the applet or follow below guidance for collection of Avaya exports from ASA.

Avaya ASA Export Guide

• Install ASA v6 (or latest version) + service pack (if not already installed)

• Create an empty folder on your Desktop with the name of the site (e.g. “MIT Test”)

• Connect to your Avaya and select the “Advanced” panel on the left, then click on “Export Data”

• Repeat this step for every form available, select the form from the list

• Then click next then click the >> so that all fields are in the right-hand box

• Then click Next and then click on the three dots next to the filename and select your folder on the desktop, leaving the filename as-is.

• Then click Next, Next, Finish and repeat this for all forms in the list.

• You can see the progress in the “Schedule” tab at the bottom of panel. Wait until all jobs are completed. Note: Errors will occur for unlicensed or missing options – Ignore this.

• Select “Advanced” then “Report”

• Repeating this step for this list of reports (Paste each of these into the selection box as not all are listed in the drop-down)

  • display system-parameters customer-options

  • list hunt-group

  • list call-forwarding

  • list registered-ip-stations

• Select the report from the list and choose“Export screen capture to file”

• Select  the 3 dots next to the filename and use same folder as before

• Once all files have been captured. Zip the folder up and this can then be used with the SPA/ZT tool.

Avaya - IP Office

Perform a backup as described here: https://pbxbook.com/ipoffice/iposcimp.html

Login to IP Office Manager 
Click on File ➤ Import/Export ➤ Export...

Select the Check Box for All of the configuration, and click OK.

Avaya BCM

The Notel/Avaya BCM audit can be imported from either an Excel config file that looks like this:-

Microsoft Teams, Lync/Skype for Business

At present this is a semi-automated task that requires domain-admin privileges.

Please contact support@mit-tech.co.uk for more details.

Mitel

MiCollab / MiCC

Backups are achieved through importing standard ‘backups’ downloaded through the MiVoice Connect, MiCollab and MiCC application web portals.

MiVoice Connect (Previously Shoretel)

You will need to be a MiVoice Connect System Administrator and have the credentials to login to the MiVoice Connect System

Procedure 1:

• Login to the MiVoice Connect HQ server either directly or using Remote Desktop Connection 

• Navigate to "Drive:\Shoreline Data\Database\SnapShot"

• Sort the view by "Date Modified" and take the "SnapShotMM-DD-YYYY XXXXXX.sql.gz" file that is most recent.

Alternatively:

Procedure 2: (Run Backup on Demand)

• Navigate to C:\program files<x86>\ shoreline communications\ shoreware server\MySQL\MySQL server\Examples

• Run the backup config.bat file. This will create a new “.sql” file under C folder

• Get the “.sql” file for generating audit and migration reports

Mitel 3300 / Legacy MiVB

Backups are achieved through manually exporting the following forms manually, and exporting them from the Mitel Application portal to a CSV file (one for each section) – then zipping them up into a single file for processing

Then import the file into UCentric from within the site manager, Zero-Touch SPA or using the following command line:

Audit.exe Live MiVB2 -S 123 -d 127.0.0.1 -f “relative\path\to\myfile.zip”

Unify (& Siemens)

Siemens/Unify HiPath/HiCom

Siemens/Unify HiPath’s can be audited from what is called a “Regen” or “LastLoad” file. Both are .txt files and look something like this:-

Then import the file into UCentric from within the site manager, Zero-Touch SPA or using the following command line:

Audit.exe Live HiPath -S 123 -d 127.0.0.1 -f “relative\path\to\myfile.txt”

Unify OpenScape OSV

OSV can be imported from a ZIP file that contains .cfg and .csv files for the OSV configuration. It needs at a minimum:-

uc_users.csv UC Users

mediatrix.csv Mediatrix Servers

????_bgl_????.txt Main location devices

DLS-export.csv SIP + Keys

mlhg_??????.csv Hunt groups

export_all.txt Main configuration file

In addition the .cfg files for each gateway will enable UCentric to accurately audit the entire solution.

Then import the zip file into UCentric from within the site manager, Zero-Touch SPA or using the following command line:

Audit.exe Live OSV -S 123 -d 127.0.0.1 -f “relative\path\to\myfile.zip”

OpenScape Business (OSBiz)

OSBiz can be imported from a standard OSBiz XML input/export file.

It should appear in this form:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<osbiz>
    <general>
        <xml_file_version>1.0</xml_file_version>
        <system_type>OSBiz S</system_type>
        <system_mode>UC Suite</system_mode>
        <system_in_network>false</system_in_network>
    </general>

    <basic>
        <gateway>
            <customer_name>Test In House</customer_name>
            <contract_number/>
            <system_name>Test</system_name>
            <gateway_location/>
            <contact_address/>
            <system_country>United Kingdom</system_country>
            <brand>OpenScape Business</brand>
            <international_prefix>00</international_prefix>
            <national_prefix>0</national_prefix>
            <country_code>44</country_code>
            <local_area_code/>
            <pabx_number/>
            <node_id>0</node_id>
            <continuous_tone>true</continuous_tone>
        </gateway>

NEC NEAX

NEC NEAX systems can be imported from a Standard XLSX backup that has the following tabs:-

You can import the XLSX file into UCentric from within the site manager, Zero-Touch SPA

NEC/Philips Sopho/IS3000

IS3000/Sopho systems can be audited via a backup import with some additional pre-import steps. The backup file supported is usually a rar file that contains .POM files.

A .POM file viewer app must be used to carry out the steps below before importing the file into UCentric.

1. Extract the “.POM” files from an archive into their own folder.

2. Open the LLxxxx.POM file in the POM view program

3. Click “File”, “Report” and select “Full Report”, “Report in XML” and “all in one file (is3000.xml)”

NOTE: The iS3000.xml file will be created in the XML subdirectory of wherever your POM file is located.

Once you have the XML file, you can use the UCentric Zero Touch (SPA) interface or standard web interface to add a new site/import the file like any other audit.

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